New Releases for April 26!

3DBLU = Available for rent on lovely 3D Blu-ray, though you must have a 3D TV to experience the full glory

@ = Available for sale in the store (but we can special order anything, see us for details)

First up, the Heroes at the Criterion Collection have brought us a lovely blu-ray upgrade of David Lean’s adaptation of Noel Coward’s BRIEF ENCOUNTER (@BLU), possibly the most heartbreaking movie ever made, and somehow actually just as good if not better than Lean’s own legendary LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

Then, a trio of releases of the work of animator Friz Freleng. THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK (@BLU), CRAZYLEGS CRANE (@BLU), and THE INSPECTOR (@BLU) altogether feature over 75 different cartoons from Freleng/DePatie studios, many of which haven’t been available on video before.

As for the rest, don’t forget to check out the following: Criterion also has PHOENIX (@BLU), a lush neo-noir centering on a case of mistaken identity in the aftermath of WWII, and also THE KENNEDY FILMS OF ROBERT DREW & ASSOCIATES (@BLU), a quartet of documentaries centering on the Kennedy administration. From Arrow, Warren Oates stars in John Milius’ DILLINGER (@BLU). One of the great blaxploitation films, DOLEMITE (@BLU), is finally given a proper restoration on blu-ray. An early phantasmagoria from Roman Polanski, WHAT? (@BLU). Best Foreign Film Oscar winner SON OF SAUL (@BLU). Anti-Christmas terror with KRAMPUS (@BLU). Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn trade their lives for beauty in DEATH BECOMES HER (@BLU). Natalie Portman out on the range with western JANE GOT A GUN (@BLU). Don’t say it, hiss it: SSSSSSS (@BLU). And B-movie king Frank Henenlotter has a documentary called THAT’S SEXPLOITATION (@BLU)…the title sort of says it all.